13C SPE MAS measurement of ligand concentration in compressible chromatographic beads

A method for measuring the ligand concentration in heterogeneous materials like chromatography media is described. In this method, C-13 single pulse excitation magic angle spinning NMR experiment with broadband H-1 decoupling is used to determine the peak integrals for a butyl ligand in the spectrum of a dried chromatography medium. Within a carefully controlled protocol, those integrals compared with that of the internal reference compound dimethyl sulfone provide the required volume concentration with an accuracy of ca 2%. The effects of temperature, degree of hydration, and other experimental parameters are discussed. Copyright (C) 2015 The Authors. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.